Aggregating a Multi-Farm Full-Diet CSA with Boxcar Acres

<em>Do you grow enough diversity for a full-diet CSA? Or just stick to what you grow well? These are two extremes of the spectrum, but...  what if you could do both?</em> <p>Mikey and Erin of <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/boxcaracres/"><span style= "text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Boxcar Acres</strong></span></a> provide a multi-farm, full-diet, full-choice CSA in Henry County, KY. They aggregate and distribute veg from their own farm and several others, along with protein, dairy, honey, and value-added goods, all full-choice at a flat rate.</p> <p>We get into how their entire farming career has been characterized by collaboration, how the full-diet CSA works, the challenges of the model, and we get a bit candid about what it may mean to put the 'member' back in CSA member.</p> <p><em>Mentioned in the show...</em></p> <p><a href= "https://www.notillgrowers.com/blog/2021/6/29/valley-spirit-farm-amp-the-wendell-berry-center"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The past episode with Valley Spirit Farm</strong></span></a></p> <p>A really amazing short video/post, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ2GUT_l7QQ/"><span style= "text-decoration: underline;"><strong>For the Hog Killing</strong></span></a>, if you're a fan of Wendell Berry...</p> <p><a href="https://newroots.org"><span style= "text-decoration: underline;"><strong>New Roots CSA & Fresh Stops</strong></span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQfeCYgAnlW_Yrxqz4HbccsBx_lLh_0zZ5MJHc9Y8evAcnNA/viewform"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Demo how their Google Doc order form works</strong></span></a></p> <p>Thank y'all so much for listening. This podcast is brought to you by <a href="https://www.cngfarming.org"><span style= "text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Certified Naturally Grown</strong></span></a>, <strong><a href= "https://growingformarket.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Growing for Market Magazine</a></strong>, and <a href= "https://www.veggiecropper.com"><strong>Veggie Cro